a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

At college Paige meets Eddie, a fellow student from Denmark, whom she first dislikes but later accepts, likes, and loves; he proves to be Crown Prince Edvard. Paige follows him to Copenhagen, and he follows her back to school with a plan.Do you remember that moment in time when Julia Stiles was something of an "it" girl? I mean, you know "10 Things I Hate About You" is a modern classic. And I remember liking "Wicked". But then I think people started figuring out she sort of has only one personality and is not really a serious actress. And frankly, she looks sort of weird. Beyond the Bourne movies and a strange miscasting in "The Omen", she faded away.I love that this film takes place in Madison and they even have the rathskeller, yet it was not filmed at all in Madison. Seems like it would have been nice to get some real exterior shots of the Madison campus rather than fat guys eating chips. If you know that Madison has a rathskeller, you have probably been there.

Wisconsin university student Paige Morgan (Julia Stiles) has her life planned out. She's the last of her friends to get married. It's all about her studies and her need to get into med school at Johns Hopkins. Eddie (Luke Mably) is the spoiled pampered heir to the royal throne of Denmark. He lives a sheltered life. After seeing a "The Girls of Wisconsin" commercial on TV, he decides to go to university in Wisconsin incognito. His parents are exasperated. He is accompanied by man servant Soren. He is quickly taken with Paige who's working as a bartender. She finds him annoying but he turns up at her class and becomes her permanent lab partner. She doesn't know his position. Of course she eventually falls for him. Then they're ambushed by a couple of paparazzi. Eddie is hopelessly ridiculous and stupid. I guess he is the male version of the adorable clueless princess. It doesn't work at all. It makes him an utterly annoying douche. Julia Stiles is lovely and stops this from being completely unlikeable. Luke Mably doesn't come off at all well. Lucky for him, Julia is good enough to sell this love story by herself. As Eddie's personality improves, the romance does improve. If he started with a nice personality, this would such a better movie and the chemistry would be so much better.

This fine romantic comedy fairy tale was directed by Marths Coolidge & as usual she does a first rate job.Four persons collaborated on the screenplay. This is a familiar type story,so there are many situations & characters we all have seen many times before. I did say its a fairy tale.Luke Mobley & Julia Styles are the leads & there chemistry is delightful.James Fox & Miranda Richardson film royalty if there ever was any are the King & Queen.they are perfectly cast.UK TV actor Ben Miller is the princes aide, & is just so properly perfect,In fact the entire cast is excellent,there is not one single person you would not want to meet & know.The Rating may be PG but there is nothing really objectionable in any scene.The film was made in Canada, Denmark & the Czech Republic.All production values first rate,There is the usual song score and for a delightful change all the songs fit the mood of the scene being shown.For those that like good clean cinema & real nice people See this,you will not be sorry.Ratings ***1/2 (out of 4) 91 points (out of 100) IMDb 8 (out of 10)

The DVD sat in the Wal-Mart remainder bin, so why not give it a shot? I didn't care for Julia Stiles in other efforts, but was willing to try again.Actually, the film did a good job for the most part. The Paige character was sympathetic and believable. Here was an ambitious Minnesota farm girl willing to do whatever required to transcend her humble beginnings and become the first professional in her family. She was no doubt hugely in debt for the student loans needed to attend college. The plot shows Paige getting an acceptance letter from Johns Hopkins Medical School. This was hard to swallow since the film shows Paige losing her laser focus on her studies due to her growing romance with Prince 'Eddie'. This was bound to reduce her performance during finals week. Paige is shown stumbling around helplessly in her English Literature thesis defense, more focused on Eddie than Othello.The opening scenes in Denmark with Prince Eddie were strange. Does no one in Denmark speak Danish? It was glaring that Luke Mably made no attempt to speak a little Danish in his brief scenes at the outdoor café and car race. I suppose no attempt to cast a Danish actor in the Prince Eddie role was even attempted.There were some good scenes showing Prince Eddie maturing as he learns to survive on his own as the monetary support from home is cut off. The scene of the lawn mower race was very good. Eddie is thrown into competition on his own merits and is pleased to find that he is well able to stand as his own man. Eddie returns to Denmark much more mature and aware of life's realities.I watched the concluding scenes of the film relishing the courage of director Martha Coolidge to end the film in a realistic manner. Paige has realized that she is fundamentally unsuited to be a Queen. She bravely and wisely calls off her engagement to Prince Eddie and returns to her original career path. Then Coolidge loses her nerve. An obviously tacked-on reversal has Eddie appear at Paige's Master's Degree graduation ceremony to announce that whatever delay is required, he will wait for her to complete Medical School and bend royal protocol to allow her to function as a Physician. The romance ends on a high note after all.Well, I see that the Hollywood formula was too strong; it overcome artistic integrity. This weak-kneed collapse almost ruined whatever merit the film had gained.